身 陷 囹 圄

shēn xiàn líng yǔdictionary entry

thrown into prison / behind bars

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Original source entry:

身陷囹圄身陷囹圄 [shen1 xian4 ling2 yu3] /thrown into prison/behind bars/

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身
shēn
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
陷
xiàn
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
囹
líng
used in 囹圄[líng yǔ]
圄
yǔ
prison / to imprison

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